## Rashi on Amos Chapter 2

###### Rashi on Amos 2:1:1
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**עַל שָׂרְפוֹ עַצְמוֹת וְגוֹ'.** פַּעַם אַחַת נָפַל מֶלֶךְ אֱדוֹם בְּיַד מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב וְשָׂרְפוּ עַצְמוֹתָיו וּטְחָנוּם בְּקִירוֹת הַבַּיִת, וְתָבַע הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אוֹנָאַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ בוֹ בִּזָּיוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For he burnt the bones etc.**—Once the king of Edom fell into the hands of the king of Moab, and they burned his bones and plastered them on the walls of the house, and the Holy One, blessed be He, requited the injustice inflicted upon the king, for they treated him with disgrace.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:2:1
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**קְרִיּוֹת.** שֵׁם מָקוֹם, כְּדִכְתִיב "עַל קְרִיּוֹת וְעַל בָּצְרָה" (ירמיהו מח:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Kerioth**—A place name, as it is stated: (Jer. 48:24) “And to Kerioth and to Bozrah.”


###### Rashi on Amos 2:2:2
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**בְּשָׁאוֹן.** קוֹל הֲמוֹן מִלְחָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**amidst the tumult**—The sound of the stirring of battle.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:6:1
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**עַל מִכְרָם בַּכֶּסֶף צַדִּיק.** הַדַּיָּנִין הָיוּ מוֹכְרִים אֶת מִי שֶׁהָיָה זַכַּאי בַּדִּין בְּכֶסֶף שֹׁחַד שֶׁהָיוּ מְקַבְּלִים מִיַּד בַּעַל דִּינוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for selling an innocent man for money**—The judges would sell the one who was innocent according to the law, with money; i.e, with the bribes they would receive from his opponent.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:6:2
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**וְאֶבְיוֹן בַּעֲבוּר נַעֲלָיִם.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן בִּשְׁנֵי מְקוֹמוֹת (לקמן ח:ו) בְּדִיל דְּיֶחְסְנוּן, וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁכָּךְ פֵּרוּשׁוֹ: מַטִּין מִשְׁפַּט הָאֶבְיוֹן כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּצְטָרֵךְ לִמְכּוֹר שָׂדֵהוּ שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ בֵּין שְׂדוֹת הַדַּיָּנִין, וְזֶה עוֹקֵף עָלָיו וְנוֹטְלָהּ בְּדָמִים קַלִּים כְּדֵי לִגְדּוֹר וְלִנְעוֹל כָּל שְׂדוֹתָיו יַחַד וְלֹא יַפְסִיק בֵּינֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a poor man in order to lock [the fields]** Heb. נַעֲלָיִם. *Jonathan* renders in two places [here and below 8:6]: in order to inherit. And I say that this is its explanation. They pervert the judgment of the poor man so that he will be compelled to sell his field that he had between the fields of the judges, and this one seeks an opportunity and takes it for a cheap price in order to fence in and lock all his fields together, and it should not intervene between them.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:7:1
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**הַשֹּׁאֲפִים עַל עֲפַר אֶרֶץ.** עַל עֲפַר אֶרֶץ שֶׁהֵם הוֹלְכִים עֲלֵיהֶם כָּל שְׁאָפָם וְכָל מַחֲשַׁבְתָּם בְּרֹאשׁ דַּלִּים הוּא אֵיךְ יִגְזְלוּ אוֹתָם וְיִטְּלוּ אֶת שֶׁלָּהֶם, שְׁאִיפָה גּוֹלוּשִׁי"ר בְּלַעַ"ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who aspire on the dust of the earth**—On the dust of the earth, when they walk on it, all their aspiration and all their thoughts are concerning the head of the poor, how they will rob them and take their property. שְׁאִיפָה is *goloser* in O.F., aspiring.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:7:2
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**וְדֶרֶךְ עֲנָוִים יַטּוּ וְגוֹ'.** הַחֲלָשִׁים נוֹטִים מִדַּרְכָּם וְהוֹלְכִין דֶּרֶךְ עֲקַלְתוֹן מִפְּנֵי יִרְאָתָם, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר "יַטּוּ אֶבְיוֹנִים מִדָּרֶךְ" (איוב כד:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they pervert the way of the humble etc.**—The weak turn away from their way and go on a tortuous way because of fear of them, as Scripture says: (Job 24:4) “They turn the poor from the way.”


###### Rashi on Amos 2:7:3
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**אֶל הַנַּעֲרָה.** הַמְאוֹרָסָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the maid**—I.e, a betrothed maid.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:8:1
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**וְעַל בְּגָדִים חֲבוּלִים יַטּוּ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: עַל מְטַוָּת שַׁוְּיָין דְּמַשְׁכּוֹן מִסְתַּחֲרִין, זוֹקְפִין מִלְוֶה עַל הָעֲנִיִּים וּמְמַשְׁכְּנִים אוֹתָם וְעוֹשִׂים בִּגְדֵיהֶם מַצָּעוֹת וּמְסֻבִּין עֲלֵיהֶם בַּהֲטָיָה בְּעֵת סְעוּדָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they recline on pledged garments**—*Jonathan* renders: On couches of a pledge they dine. They settle [the charge as] a loan upon the poor. and they take a pledge from them, and make their garments into couches and recline on them at the time of their meal.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:8:2
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**בֵּית אֱלֹהֵיהֶם.** בְּבֵית עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁהָיְתָה לָהֶם אֵצֶל מִזְבֵּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they recline**—An expression of dining, for all their meals were eaten while leaning, for he would lean on his left side.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:8:3
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**יַטּוּ.** לְשׁוֹן מְסִבָּה, שֶׁכָּל מְסִבַּת סְעוּדָה בַּהֲטָיָה הִיא, שֶׁהוּא נִסְמָךְ עַל שְׂמֹאלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the wine of the fined ones**—from whom they would exact money for fines and drink wine with it.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:8:4
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**וְיֵין עֲנוּשִׁים.** שֶׁעוֹנְשִׁים אוֹתָם מָמוֹן וְשׁוֹתִים בּוֹ יַיִן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the house of their god**—In the house of the idol that they had beside the altar.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:9:1
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**כָּאַלּוֹנִים.** קֵיישְׁנִ"שׁ בְּלַעַ"ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as oaks** Heb. אַלוֹנִים, kesnes (chenes) in French.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:9:2
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**וָאַשְׁמִיד פִּרְיוֹ מִמַּעַל.** שָׂרִים הָעֶלְיוֹנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his fruit from above**—I.e, the celestial princes. [from *Midrash Tanchuma*, Devarim 4; *Tanchuma* Buber, Addendum to Devarim 8]


###### Rashi on Amos 2:9:3
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**וְשָׁרָשָׁיו מִתָּחַת.** שָׂרִים הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים. דָּבָר אַחֵר: הַצִּרְעָה הָיְתָה מְסַמֵּא עֵינֵיהֶם מִלְמַעְלָה וּמְסָרַסְתָּן מִלְּמַטָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his roots from below**—I. e, the earthly princes. Another explanation: the wasp would blind their eyes from above and castrate them from below. [from *Sotah* 36a]


###### Rashi on Amos 2:11:1
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**לִנְזִרִים.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: לְמַלְפִין, שֶׁהָיוּ פְרוּשִׁין מִדַּרְכֵי עַם הָאָרֶץ וְעוֹסְקִים בַּתּוֹרָה. אֵין נְזִירָה בְּכָל מָקוֹם אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן פְּרִישָׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as Nazirites**—*Jonathan* renders: as teachers. For they were separated from the ways of the people of the land and were engaged in the Torah. The expression נְזִירָה is everywhere only an expression of separation.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:11:2
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**הַאַף אֵין זֹאת.** בִּתְמִיהָּה, כְּלוֹמַר כְּלוּם אַתֶּם יְכוֹלִים לְהַכְחִישׁ אֶת זֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is this not so?**—This is a rhetorical question. I.e, can you deny this?


###### Rashi on Amos 2:12:1
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**וַתַּשְׁקוּ אֶת הַנְּזִרִים יָיִן.** שֶׁלֹּא יוֹרוּ אֶתְכֶם, שֶׁהַשִּׁכּוֹר אָסוּר לְהוֹרוֹת. **וַתַּשְׁקוּ אֶת הַנְּזִרִים יָיִן**, תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: וְאַטְעֵיתוּן יָת מַלְפֵיכוֹן בְּחַמְרָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you gave the Nazirites to drink wine**—lest they instruct you, for a drunken man is forbidden to instruct. **And you gave the Nazirites to drink wine**—*Jonathan* renders: And you misled your teachers with wine.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:12:2
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**לֹא תִנָּבְאוּ.** לְעָמוֹס צִוָּה כֵּן אֲמַצְיָה כֹּהֵן בֵּית אֵל: "חוֹזֶה בְּרַח לְךָ אֶל אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה" (לקמן ז:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“Do not prophesy.”**—Amaziah the priest of Bethel commanded Amos in this manner: (Amos 7:12) “Seer, go, flee to the land of Judah.”


###### Rashi on Amos 2:13:1
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**מֵעִיק.** תַּרְגּוּם שֶׁל מֵצִיק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold I will oppress** Heb. מֵעִיק, the Aramaic translation of מֵצִיק,


###### Rashi on Amos 2:13:2
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**תַּחְתֵּיכֶם.** אֶת חֲנִיַּתְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your dwelling place** Heb. תַּחְתֵּיכֶם. Your camping place


###### Rashi on Amos 2:13:3
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**תָּעִיק הָעֲגָלָה.** מִכּוֹבֶד מַשָּׂא שֶׁעָלֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as a wagon... is oppressed** from the weight of the burden that is upon it.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:15:1
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**וְקַל בְּרַגְלָיו לֹא יְמַלֵּט.** אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the fleet-footed shall not deliver**—himself.


###### Rashi on Amos 2:16:1
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**עָרוֹם יָנוּס וְגוֹ'.** עַרְטִילַאי בְּלֹא כְּלִי זַיִן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall flee naked**—Naked without weapons.